It is sometimes difficult to meditate in a world filled with technology and noise. I live in an apartment and a neighbor slamming a door can startle me out of a light trance very easily. One of the things I have found very helpful is a mp3 player and some inexpensive binaural and shamanic recordings. The ear buds muffle some outside noise and the music covers the rest. It leaves me more relaxed and more able to follow my mind where it goes. It's also a good tool for timing your meditation sessions. Good luck and happy travels!
Showing posts with label out of body experiences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label out of body experiences. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Celebrations in the Otherworld
There are many things you have now learned in the Otherworld. Your journey has been unique and filled with meaning. Congratulations!
The Otherworld(s) are also a place where you can celebrate, perform rituals or create. Take some time from your journey to rejoice with your guides over how far you've come. Dance, sing, soar in happiness. Give thanks or offer a plea for help. Cast spells or create great art. The possibilities are only as limited as your imagination.
Magic in the Otherworld does transfer over into this one. Embrace your own power and create the life you want.
May this Equinox bring your balance and blessings!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Travelers and other lessons
As you journey in the Otherworld, you will meet other beings. Some of them will be projections of yourself, others will be guides, and some will be other travelers. Every being, great or small, has a lesson to impart in the Otherworld. It is up to you to decides if and when and how to engage some of these teachers. The ones I met, will not necessarily be the ones you do. If at any point a being makes you feel unsafe or scared, feel free to break off that contact and leave. Things in the Otherworld can only hurt you if you let them.
With this in mind, I will share an experience I had. In my travels, I often perform mundane tasks such as cleaning my home or cooking food. Once, while sitting beside a campfire, I was approached by another. Hooded and hidden, I never the less, invited the being to sit. he or she, never spoke, only watched the stars and enjoyed the warmth of the fire. Did I learn something? Probably. It was a strange experience. Silence, for many of us is uncomfortable. Sharing a meal or fire with a stranger is not a common experience for us. Our own personal bubbles protect us the waking world from many interactions with strangers, we all bump along, against each other's bubbles with out actually interacting. I am still processing the experience.
May journeys be blessed with experiences and lessons that strengthen and enlighten you.
With this in mind, I will share an experience I had. In my travels, I often perform mundane tasks such as cleaning my home or cooking food. Once, while sitting beside a campfire, I was approached by another. Hooded and hidden, I never the less, invited the being to sit. he or she, never spoke, only watched the stars and enjoyed the warmth of the fire. Did I learn something? Probably. It was a strange experience. Silence, for many of us is uncomfortable. Sharing a meal or fire with a stranger is not a common experience for us. Our own personal bubbles protect us the waking world from many interactions with strangers, we all bump along, against each other's bubbles with out actually interacting. I am still processing the experience.
May journeys be blessed with experiences and lessons that strengthen and enlighten you.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Welcome!
This is an offshoot of my Cauldron Full of Stars project, but this one is different. This blog is very personal and dear to me. Here, I will share some of my spirit journeys with you and give you guideposts for taking your own voyages/journeys of the spirit. This is something I feel passionate about, and it has changed my life for the better.
"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves- in finding themselves." -Andre Gide
This is an adventure that takes you inside yourself. Each place visited is a lesson. Each being met, a teacher.
I have thought out what I want share of this voyage. Some of the stops that I have made will not be to your liking; we all have different lessons to learn and different psyches. Some stops come from ancient stories, others from more modern sources, like guided meditations or folklore. I will cite these, so you can go back and experience them for yourself, if you'd like. Others are places that I have visited in my journeys. The inner landscape changes frequently. Some places are mundane, others exotic. Some places are full of magic that is not bound by the physics of the outer world. They are still real, just not as tangible. Feel free to skip around the way posts. Once you begin to journey, the road will not disappear. If you need, or want, to retrace your footsteps, you can. Don't be afraid of breaking new ground. You are safe here.
Visit the places you are comfortable with, visit places that you create or that you are drawn to. Your lessons, and your teachers, will be different from mine. I am merely giving you a copy of my map. You may explore places that I never dreamed of, and that is wonderful. Please feel free to share these experiences here. Ask questions, look for answers, seek help. This journey is one that takes time and effort. Some lessons begin painfully, maybe you need to confront your past or current behavior, maybe you need to let go of the things that hold you back in life. Don't let uncomfortable experiences scare you off. Maybe you need a mirror so that you can see yourself, good and bad. Whatever your life lesson is, these journeys can help you create the life you want, by helping you to learn yourself.
The posts in this blog will be individual segments of the journey. I did not experience these all in one go, and I don't expect that you will either. They have happened over several years, a piece at a time. If you'd like some background about spiritual journeys or an explanation of my methods for "traveling", please check the stand alone pages on at the top of this blog.
Blessings,
The Cauldron Keeper
"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves- in finding themselves." -Andre Gide
This is an adventure that takes you inside yourself. Each place visited is a lesson. Each being met, a teacher.
I have thought out what I want share of this voyage. Some of the stops that I have made will not be to your liking; we all have different lessons to learn and different psyches. Some stops come from ancient stories, others from more modern sources, like guided meditations or folklore. I will cite these, so you can go back and experience them for yourself, if you'd like. Others are places that I have visited in my journeys. The inner landscape changes frequently. Some places are mundane, others exotic. Some places are full of magic that is not bound by the physics of the outer world. They are still real, just not as tangible. Feel free to skip around the way posts. Once you begin to journey, the road will not disappear. If you need, or want, to retrace your footsteps, you can. Don't be afraid of breaking new ground. You are safe here.
Visit the places you are comfortable with, visit places that you create or that you are drawn to. Your lessons, and your teachers, will be different from mine. I am merely giving you a copy of my map. You may explore places that I never dreamed of, and that is wonderful. Please feel free to share these experiences here. Ask questions, look for answers, seek help. This journey is one that takes time and effort. Some lessons begin painfully, maybe you need to confront your past or current behavior, maybe you need to let go of the things that hold you back in life. Don't let uncomfortable experiences scare you off. Maybe you need a mirror so that you can see yourself, good and bad. Whatever your life lesson is, these journeys can help you create the life you want, by helping you to learn yourself.
The posts in this blog will be individual segments of the journey. I did not experience these all in one go, and I don't expect that you will either. They have happened over several years, a piece at a time. If you'd like some background about spiritual journeys or an explanation of my methods for "traveling", please check the stand alone pages on at the top of this blog.
Blessings,
The Cauldron Keeper
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